Dummy-head



(No Model.)

B. H. WEIR.

DUMMY HEAD. I No. 246,929. Patented Sept. 13,1881.

W! T NESSES [NVEN TOR ATTORNEY? PETERS. mmumo m rm, Washington D. c,

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HALF TO JAMES S. WHITE,

OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

DUMMY- HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,929, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

Application filed June 9, 1881. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT H. WEIR, of thecity and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Dummy-Heads, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention consists in forming the head of a dummy for exhibitinggarments, &c., of one piece of leather worked over a mold or cast inrelief, the leather being cut in a proper shape, so as topreventwrinkling.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich similar letters ofreference indicate like parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 shows the form or shape of the pattern afterwhich the covering material is to be cut. Figs. 2 and3 represent a sideand back view of the completed head, and Fig. 4 shows a section of theneck of the mold or cast over which the leatheris to be worked.

Fig. 1 shows a piece of leathercut to a suitable size and shape to coverthe head shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This piece of leather has its edgesskived or beveled, as shown by the dotted and broken. lines, the dottedlines indicating that the skiving is done on the upper 'side and thebroken lines that it is done on 0 the under side of the coveringmaterial. This skiving is done so that there will be no rough jointswhen the projecting ends of the pattern are lapped one over the other inthe completed head. 5 In Figs. 2 and 3 are shown thejoints which wouldbe formed by using the pattern shown in Fig. 1.

In covering the head the leather is first soaked in glue in order thatit may become flexible and 40 readily take and retain the shape of themold or cast. After the leather has been thoroughly soaked it is appliedto the mold in the following manner: The face is first covered,particular care being bestowed upon coveringthe nose 5 K. At K, in Fig.1, is shown the manner in which the leather is out so as to coverthenose. The chin and front part of the neck are next covered by that partof the pattern designated by I, Figs. 1 and 2, one side and part of theback of the neck by H, Figs. 1,2, and 3. This overlaps one side of I.The upper part of the head is now covered with that part of the patternrepresented by D, Fig. 1. The part E,

Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is now drawn into its place and overlaps one side ofD. The back of the head is next partly covered by A, Figs. 1 and 3,which overlaps the under edges of E and D. G is now drawn over and F isput into place, covering the upper edge of Gr, as shown in Figs. 2 and3. B is next put into position, and O is placed over its lower edge, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, completing the head. To make theleather conformperfectly to the shape of the mold or cast it is, after being applied tothe head, carefully rubbed or smoothed all over with a smooth piece ofbone or ivory. To prevent the leather sticking to the mold it is coveredwith paper or other material impervious to glue. After the head is dryitis finished in the usual manner by painting in a proper way.

It beingim possible to withdraw an ordinary mold or cast when the headisfinished, I make use of the device shown in Fig. 4, which represents asection of the neck of a mold or cast made of several pieces, in thepresent case five.

The center piece or key being as large as it can conveniently be made,it will readily be seen that when this key is withdrawn the mold willfall to pieces and the remaining parts 2, 8o 3, 4, and 5 be withdrawnwith perfect ease.

I am aware that dummy-heads have before been made of leather, buttheyhave never before, to the best of my knowledge, been made of onepiece.

In Letters Patent No. 223,419, granted to me January 6, 1880, andassigned to Samuel Goodman and David Myers, of Philadelphia, heads aremade of several pieces of leather arranged in two sets, one for the faceand one for the back, the two sets afterward being secured to gether bysewing over the seam a piece of leather. In my present invention I doaway with this and make the headsofone piece only.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A dummy-head composed of one piece of leather formed of the patternhaving the configuration described and shown, its different projectingends brought together, shaped, and I00 secured substantially as and forthe purpose described.

ROBERT E. WEIR. Witnesses:

W. W. DOUGHERTY, LOUIS KUEBLER.

